Congratulations to Gene Luen Yang! This highly-regarded graphic novelist was recently named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Librarian of Congress. Mr. Yang's first graphic novel, American Born Chinese, was a National Book Award finalist and received the Printz Award from the American Library Association. His most recent graphic novel is called Secret Coders, illustrated by Mike Holmes, and is first in a series in which the story involves solving puzzles and learning about computer programming. In other big children's literature news, the American Library Association's Youth Media Awards were announced last Monday morning. Check out the winners below and head over to the ALA site to see the honor books and the winners in many other categories! You'll see that Last Stop on Market Street not only won the Newbery Medal, but it also received a Caldecott Honor. This has only happened once before, with A Visit to William Blake's Inn (1981), written by Nancy Willard and illustrated by Alice and Martin Provenson.
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On January 27th, the American Library Association announced the winners of the 2014 Youth Media Awards. This year, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo won the Newbery Medal for "the most outstanding contribution to children's literature". This is Ms. DiCamillo's third Newbery Medal (she also won for The Tale of Desperaux and received a Newbery Honor for Because of Winn-Dixie) and it is her second major honor this year, as she was named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature in January. The following four books received the Newbery Honor this year: Doll Bones (Holly Black), The Year of Billy Miller (Kevin Henkes), Paperboy (Vince Vawter), and One Came Home (Amy Timberlake). The 2014 Caldecott Medal, for "the most distinguished American picture book for children" went to Brian Floca's Locomotive. Three books received Caldecott Honors: Mr. Wuffles! by David Weisner, Journey by Aaron Becker, and Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle. We will soon have copies of all of these award winners available for checkout in the library! Currently, each library has a display of winners from previous years. Look for the medals on the books your students bring home. If you're interested in the winners of the other ALA Youth Media Awards, such as the Pura Belpré award or the Coretta Scott King award, see the press release on the ALA website Let us know if you were rooting for a particular book for the Caldecott or Newbery in a comment to this post. Personally, I loved Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown and The Day the Crayons Quit illustrated by Oliver Jeffers and written by Drew Daywalt. Besides Flora and Ulysses, I was also rooting for The Real Boy by Anne Ursu. |
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